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Tedx Meets Golf Next: The Future of the Game on Display at the PGA Global Youth & Family Summit


BY MICHAEL ABRAMOWITZ, PGA OF AMERICA


They literally came to Orlando from around the world on a mission to grow the game. All told, golf leaders from 12 countries joined Jan. 21-22, together as one, to further the game for golf’s next great generation at the 3rd PGA Global Youth & Family Summit at the Orange County Convention Center.


A global golf think tank where TEDx meets golf next.


“It’s incredibly exciting for the PGA of America to have the opportunity to learn from the foremost junior golf experts in the space,” remarked PGA Vice President Suzy Whaley, PGA/LPGA.


Hosted by Golf Channel broadcaster Charlie


Rymer, PGA, the two-day global youth golf think tank expanded upon the PGA’s mission to understand more about how people of all ages learn the game most effectively, in order to help drive new players into the


game and increase retention success.


“I think it is one of the best education events I’ve ever attended that the PGA has put on,” said Tom Morton, PGA Player Development Director for Haggin Oaks in Sacramento, California.


All the World’s A Stage


The sold-out crowd of 220 attendees were extremely impressed with the array, depth and knowledge of the 24 presentations from 32 world- class experts and talented speakers, who are recognized leaders in their youth and family area of expertise and business development.


Now a biennial tradition since 2014, junior golf leaders have traveled to Orlando to discuss golf’s most critical mission—to grow a diverse pool of boys and girls who want to play the game from all


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